HostGator Review Part 3: Building My Site

by miso on August 8, 2012

This is part three of a series of articles that I have been writing about building my first website using HostGator. The site that I built was a small fairly simple site that is used to promote my small business. The hope is that other people who are considering doing the same will realize just how easy it is when you use a hosting company that offers features that are aimed at beginners the way HostGator does. This article is about my experience in actually building the site using the tools that they offer.

One of the things that I wanted to make sure of when I was choosing a hosting company was that they had the tools that I needed to build my site. I really couldn’t afford to hire somebody to build it for me and I really don’t have the technical skills to do it myself without the assistance of site building tools. I this respect I am really glad that I chose HostGator as it has been by far the best feature they offer.

Building my website with HostGator proved to be very easy as they offer thousands of templates that I could choose from so I had lots of options as to how my site looked. Once I had selected the templates it was a simple matter of adding the content to them. Once this was done I was able to use the site builder tools that they offer to customize the site with my company logo and to put everything together. It was a very simple process to get my site up and running and I am very happy with the results.

Besides the tools that I used to build my simple website HostGator offers a whole bunch of other tools that I had no use for and really don’t know how to use but which could certainly be important for other people. Things like being able to install WordPress with the click of a mouse or to be able manage a database are important features that I hope one day to learn how to use so that I can build a more advanced site.

One other feature that I really like about HostGator that really came in handy while I was building my site was all of the tutorials that they offer. If you ever get stuck there is almost certainly a tutorial that will help you to solve the problem. I have started using them to learn how to use the more advanced features that they use so that as my business grows I can expand my website and add new features to it. If I was not using HostGator I am sure that it would take me forever to figure out how to do all of this stuff.

HostGator are one of the best known web hosts in the business. The question is are they the best? You should read our HostGator Reviews to find out.